Words from the Saints -- September 12, 2024
Gerald Largent
"If we detect any trace of hatred in our hearts against any man whatsoever for committing any fault, we are utterly estranged from love for God, since love for God absolutely precludes us from hating any man." --St. Maximos the Confessor
"Do not believe yourself healthy. Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness." --St. Augustine of Hippo
"When you have been given faith, self-control is demanded from you; when self-control has become habitual, it rives birth to patient endurance, a disposition that gladly accepts suffering." --St. Thalassios the Libyan
"Humility of soul helps more than everything else; without it no one can overcome any sin." --St. John Cassian
"Without remembrance of God, there can be no true knowledge but only that which is false." --St. Mark the Ascetic
"That illness has been your salvation. You have suffered, but your life has not been in danger. This is what the Lord has said, 'I will strike him, and I will cure him.' He has struck you, your illness has awakened your faith, and that has been your cure." --St. Ambrose of Milan